Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-21
WASHINGTON.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion en- the Commission Business.
The CompIaiIants Dismissed,
The Form OF Tickets anu Manner Of
Their Sale Matters OF agreement
Between Connecting E.ness
TIE President Returns 10 Washington Huu
at UnCa Goes 70 = Urtl- Unusual Nun
Der of Foreign Travellers.
INTERSTATE cnNLlrFRCs-

WASHINGTON, July 2y.-Threg dscis-
ions were rendered by the Interstate
commerce commission to-day. The
most Important was the one in relation TO
the payment q commissions by enc road
tc egeuts OF another, aud connecting
roads FOR sales Of through ticScts. The
pJiuts n dispute grew out Otthe commits
sion AMI anti commission fight between
The seaboard trunk lines and some Of
their western connections.
The following three cases were dis
posed Of in one opinion; Chicsg1 and
Alton Railroad Company vs.. the Penn
sylyania Company, the same vs.. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the
Chicago Rock Island and Pscitic
Railroad Company W. the New YORK.
Central aud Hudson River Railroad Com
pauy. Tna following synopsis contains
the more Important points Of the opinion
which is very long: The
complains in these cases are founded
uuon the third section Ct the act
10 regulate commerce and charge the VIC
latlun Of that section by defendant con-
psnies N refusing certain facilities
for receiving, forwarding and deliv-
erlDg p&sscl GERS to the compliments
line consisting OF through or coupon
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loi.Ig f5r No. 7ea.oos "a these fscts
the com2,a!ra1ts aver thai the
defendants refuse to afford them
/ ressorn5Ie. proper and equal facii-
/ lies Tor recefviug, forwarding
and delivering passengers and give uudue
/ preference 10 connecting roads III contra
! yqrfion 81 The provisions Of the set TO
lrpgulate commerce. The defendants
denv that they have violated The
! provisions Of tie act and claim
| IN control their agents. 10 Ry the amount
! OF III. ir compensation and TO psy them
| Themselves. that the uaynent O..
! commissions by other companies
! is demorsIfztrg to their agents, and
I often leads to discrimination TO
naesengers for roads payine large
commissions by ? divisions of the com
.,.fssion hatween the agent and the pss-
sengers: that the commission consumes
considerable OF 9 per centage CT revenue
from the sale Of through tick
cts: that without the commission
ali connecting ROADS stand on basis Of
! couali,v sud pgsserg-rs select their own
rcutes upf1d1euced by agents having an
| interest in the torm of g commission in
nsrsusdipa them 10 choose some parucu-
lar route.
rrlo oaa,sos ~ -rbt,b tIs commission
bos ~ corril.-ct o~a orrtbino done or
n las - 10 doro in conITayertinn ~
o.l1',, .o,.is,g,,, - .ba ect - raguIete
!ie p.o, go re- rairrood cor
~ ~, 80 I+o+as c-estiCng of
l,ol - VIZ "a oryers
S..se II $500 ~ +5oi- cSorters
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" 80. - 80 To5IroaSs
i'in-A' - or 80 ,rT onarate
- ~ * tr.rerorto,fr,n
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